The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-16
BEAST, BIRD AND FISH.

The skin of the catfish is now tanned into
leather in Germany. It is tough, supple and
appears well.
Job Arden, of Rock Creek, ILL.,. Thought
the cushion in his chair seemed remarkably
soft, and he soon found out that he had sat
down upon moccasin snake He killed the
snake, but not until it had bitten into his
buckskin brceches. -
While fishing from a rowboat near Orange
city, Fla, Mr. John Thu1,sby tied his line to
the bow and laid down for nap. When he
awoke he was three miles up stream and a big
catfish was tugging away at the line for dear
life. The fish weighed over twenty pounds
In Italy turkeys are always fattened with
wainuts Thirty days before the turkey is to
be killed ono walnut is stuffed down his
fhroat-- Each day he - given additional
walnut, and on the twenty ninth day he has
twenty nine walnuts. He is then immensely
fat.
An able bodied fish, or rather eel story is
told By E. A. Pomroy of Joncsvillc.. Micli.
Lie says tho eels get into tho turbine wheel
at hi5 mill in such great numbers that they
clog 1t up SO that it stops. He repeatedly
took two bilshcis of fragments of cells from
the wheel, and finally decided to incloso it
with wire netting a-.--s@- -,,,.5.& -
"A small Scotch terrier dog in Little Rock
steals his way on tie street cars regularly
four times day, to and from his masters
place of business Whether his master is
along OF rot he waits for the car at the cross
ing and hops on behind and alights with gen
tlemanly ease when it arrives in front OF his
masters store or residence s-,.=:4t --.iEE 81
pr,r, ol,l,,.l,, x,o,.
with pet Eitten at his homo Lear the rail-
road track in Homer, n. Y, one day recently.
Tho Eittcl jumped from his arms and
raj across the track Mr.. Brown started in
purGu-t, cid was struck by IN express train
;,:ad lri--cd fifty feet upon an oTsabanlsn,ent
His neck Was broken and he died almost i'm
stantl--. a.-., ss-....... -
Old Dick, rcbel Tar horse, Gicd in Sep
ten1ber last aged 50 years. He was bought
in Cincinnati and brought to Ashtabula
county, Ohio, by Lucius Thompson, and re-
mained with him for twenty two years The
many scars he had on him showed that he
ives bullet proof; even lightning struck him
about a year ago. but he survived it and died
nf old age. +@s+a. st4a- - <--.-.-..S t..- 3
A rare fish, the epah or kingGsh, has been
CAUGHT of the Yorkshire coast The spcei.
icea treasured four feet three inches ill
lcnstG, and is said to be tho most beautiful
Ill cclor md form of any fish that inhabits
'hc I'orth sea- The body is blue and black
tronzc studded with silver stars; the fins ala
sermiiion, and the iris Of the eyes white The
fish has been preserved and added to colle,,
tion Of natural history specimens at Grimsb
A School for Teaching stenography.
Two men who were in hard luck met on
Broadway. One was IL bookkeeper aud
the other G mechanical engineer. Il sup
pose you are ont of q job, Jack, y said the
bookkeeper.
4seYes. II was the reply, i'anti you, un-
doubtedly, are in the same flx.p as.si.i E-44
II am. But I propose to estart school
for teaching stenography. - .-af h
"A schoo1! What do You know about
stenOgraphys' was asked. @s4FS w. X L,s1
Nothing. 1t isn't necessary that i
should. All that need to dc. is to buy u +
number of text books and keep one lesson
in advance of the class Should fail in
this, i can have a review of the previous
lessons. Incasc the review fails i can give
the class a7vacation. q New York Even
ing Sun.